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MAURICE HERBERT BRYANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1950 – June 8, 1971
Service recordMaurice Herbert Bryant, of Coahoma, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Coahoma, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 69
- THOMAS EDI BAUMGARDNER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- DAVID CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- ANTHONY MICHAEL EILERSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- JERRY LYNN THOMASSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.